Stony Creek vs Wakefield

A side-by-side comparison of Stony Creek and Wakefield: population, income, housing, and more.

Stony Creek and Wakefield are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wakefield has the higher population (1,082 vs 360 in Stony Creek). Stony Creek has the higher median household income ($61,326 vs $56,250 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($155,600 vs $153,200 in Stony Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Stony Creek	Wakefield
Population	360	1,082
Median age	46.9 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,326	$56,250
Median home value	$153,200	$155,600
Median gross rent	$914	$959
Housing units	184	472
Homeownership rate	71.6%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stony Creek	Wakefield
Population	171 → 360 (+110.5%)	1,175 → 1,082 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $61,326 (+12.8%)	$35,556 → $56,250 (+58.2%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $153,200 (+36.2%)	$104,300 → $155,600 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $914 (-15.0%)	$810 → $959 (+18.4%)

Stony Creek

Population

171360

Median household income

$54,375$61,326

Median home value

$112,500$153,200

Median gross rent

$1,075$914

Wakefield

Population

1,1751,082

Median household income

$35,556$56,250

Median home value

$104,300$155,600

Median gross rent

$810$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stony Creek	Wakefield
Under 5	2.2%	0.7%
5 to 17	21.7%	8.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	20.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	16.7%
35 to 44	5.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	16.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	7.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	20.3%	7.5%
75 and over	10.6%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stony Creek	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	32.8%
Black or African American	15.3%	64.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stony Creek	Wakefield
No high school diploma	6.0%	12.9%
High school graduate	24.3%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stony Creek	Wakefield
Drove alone	82.8%	90.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stony Creek	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	92.4%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Stony Creek	Wakefield
Poverty rate	30.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	27	40
Median year structure built	1949	1963